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bedpan

/ˈbɛdˌpæn/

bedpan noun: a pan used for urination and defecation while in bed, now usually for reasons of medical necessity or convenience.

Noun

bedpan (plural bedpans)

  1. A pan used for urination and defecation while in bed, now usually for reasons of medical necessity or convenience.
    • The nurse emptied the patient's bedpan each morning.

bedpan meaning in Tamil

bedpan in Tamil

படுக்கை மலத்தட்டு, மலத்தட்டு, நோயாளியின் கழிகலம், கனற்சட்டி

Forms of bedpan

pluralbedpans

Origin of bedpan

From bed + pan ("chamber pot").

Questions about bedpan

What does bedpan mean?
Bedpan means a pan used for urination and defecation while in bed, now usually for reasons of medical necessity or convenience.
What is bedpan in Tamil?
Bedpan in Tamil is படுக்கை மலத்தட்டு, மலத்தட்டு, நோயாளியின் கழிகலம். See Bedpan meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bedpan?
Bedpan is a noun.
How do you pronounce bedpan?
Bedpan is pronounced /ˈbɛdˌpæn/.
What is the plural of bedpan?
The plural of bedpan is bedpans.

Words near bedpan in the dictionary

  1. Bedoya
  2. Bedoyas
  3. bedoyo
  4. bedoyos
  5. Bedoys
  6. bedpan
  7. bedpans
  8. bedpartner
  9. bedpartners
  10. bedpiece
  11. bedpieces

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bedpan (page history and authors); bedpan (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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